Gallatin City Administrator Tony Stonecypher and Mayor Barb Ballew accepts the check for $12,101 from Ewell Lawson with MPUA.
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The City of Gallatin has received a grant from the Missouri Public Energy Pool (MoPEP), to support upgrades to the city’s electric system. The grant is part of the MoPEP Power Infrastructure Modernization Grant Program.
Gallatin will use the grant award of $12,101 toward the cost of upgrades to the city’s electric system. Funded improvements include a capacitor bank, and upgrades to the SCADA system for improved control of its electric system. In 2015, the city received a previous MoPEP grant for $13,543, part of the cost to purchase reclosers for the city’s substation.
“Gallatin electric system upgrades are helping the city deliver more consistent and reliable service to customers,” said Duncan Kincheloe, President and General Manager of the Missouri Public Utility Alliance. “Projects like Gallatin’s that improve local infrastructure also bring greater reliability and efficiency to the entire MoPEP partnership.”
The MoPEP Power Infrastructure Modernization Grant Program assists MoPEP municipal utilities to invest in long term capital assets of their local electric systems, to improve reliability and efficiency of electric infrastructure for systems supplied through MoPEP. Funds requested under the program must be used for acquisition of capital assets used in the operations of the electric utility.
City closes 2016 budget, opens 2017
Last year’s budget was amended and next year’s budget was approved during the meeting of the Gallatin Board of Aldermen held Tuesday, Dec. 27.
The Fiscal Year 2016 budget was amended to recognize additional expenditures, and unexpected expenses. An ordinance was approved which appropriated the budget for Gallatin for fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 2017.
Public Works Director Mark Morey said crews repaired two water main breaks the last week of December.
The Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system running the wells was down over the weekend and crews had to activate well pumps manually.
The recent winter storm required additional man hours and supplies. Approximately, 20 tons of salt was spread. Crews had to work on the dump trucks and snow plows keeping them running through the storm. A cutting edge on the loader broke and a $1,000 replacement was purchased.
People Service employees from Bethany will be operating the sewer plant for the city until People Service can find a replacement for the position.
Bills in the amount of $43,056.05 were approved for payment.
Administrator Tony Stonecypher is continuing to work with City Attorney Robert Cowherd to complete the 501(c)(3) application.
Discussion was held on the People Service Operation & Maintenance (O&M) Report for November 2016.
An ordinance authorizing the mayor to sign and execute the salt storage lease agreement with Larry Johnson was amended and approved.
The above are the unapproved minutes of the regular meeting for the City of Gallatin held on Dec. 27 at city hall. Present were Mayor Barb Ballew, President of Board John Whitfield, Aldermen Carol Walker, Dan Lockridge, City Administrator Tony Stonecypher, City Clerk Hattie Bailey, Public Works Director Mark Morey, and Ewell Lawson with MPUA.